[ltp] Resize NTFS Partition?

[Allen, Michael B (RSCH)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Allen, Michael B (RSCH) [SMTP:Michael_B_Allen@ml.com]
> 
> > With XP, it actually installs the system using FAT, and then after
> > you've finished the installation, it pulls a fast one one you and
> > converts the partition to NTFS.
> > 
> 	I actually haven't checked that the W2K install is either. The machine is
> 	not in front of me now.
> 
	Indeed it was FAT32 after all. I successfully resized the partition with FIPS
	and installed RedHat.

	On interesting problem however was how to use FIPS.EXE when the T30
	doesn't come with a floppy drive. I learned an interesting thing. You can
	create a bootable CD from a bootable floppy image like this:

	  dd if=/dev/fd0 of=dosboot.img
	  mount dosboot.img /mnt/floppy -o loop -t msdos
	  cp fips.exe /mnt/floppy
	  umount /mnt/floppy
	  mkisofs -b dosboot.img -c boot_catalog -o dosboot.iso dosboot.img

	Now burn the iso and you can boot into DOS from it.

	[Note: I got errors because I didn't copy all the fips files (e.g. errors.txt).]

	Mike

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